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' J. A. GOODRIGH.

RAILWAY CROSSING. No. 309,344.- v Patented Deo. 16, 1884.1

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JUDSON A. GOODRIOH, OF PORT JERVIS, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,344, dated December16, 1884.

nptlieatitn sied July i4, resi, (No model.)

o @ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JUDsoN A. GooDRrcH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Port Jervis, in the county ofOrange and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Highway Railroad-Grossings; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a sectional elevation of ahighwayrailroad-crossing embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a detail view inperspective of the channel-iron.

The present invention has for its object to effect a durable and safehighway railroadcrossing; and it consists in the peculiar shape ofchannel-iron and manner of applying it, as shown in the drawings, andhereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the usual crossAtie ofahighway and private railroad-crossing, upon which rest the rails B.Longitudinal blocks Crest upon the inner side ofthe base ofthe rails B,and upon the tie A, said blocks supporting the channelirons D, whichextend longitudinally with the rails, and are secu red to the blocks byspikes or other suitable iastenings. The crossing is filled with plank Efrom one channel-iron to the other, as shown in Fig. 1.

The channel-iron D, which constitutes the essential feature of myinvention, has a short longitudinal flange, a, with a concave edge, b,to correspond with the conveXity of the under side of the. tread of therail against which it iits, as shown, while the opposite flange, c, isof sufficient height to come on the same or nearly the same horizontalpiane with the top of the rail, thus providing a very durable and simplemeans for applying to any highway railroad-crossing.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A highway railroad-crossing consisting of the cross-ties, rails, andfilling of plank, and the channel-irons arranged between the rails andiilling, and constructed, substantially as shown, with a double i'langc,the outer one bearing against the under side of the tread of the rail,and the opposite iange of sufficient height to come flush, or nearlyso,with the top of the rail, substantially as and for the pur pose setforth.

2. A channeliron for highway railroadcrossings formed with twolongitudinal upwardly-extending anges of different heights, one of whichis concave or grooved upon its edge, substantially as and for thepurpose specied.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JUDSON A. GOODRICH.

Vitnesses:

W. M. UPTEGROVE, WM. II. HORNBEOK.

